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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1874)
1 GIVE I'S HELP. Tlio cry which nous abroad from Oregon Is like that which the apostle licanl In early time: "Come over lull Macedonia and help us" Oregon ha need of help and help, is afar oil". Thousands of weary miles lie between our Inviting fields and the sources from whence population and labor must come to occupy and till them. One by one tho hopes and expectations we have cherished grow dimmer and less neai unil we utter the unavailing cry ills paring that within tlie present decade any way can he opened for the ea. transit of the emigration we so much desire and which so much desire to come and cast their lots with us When the I'nelllo Jiillroad bills were pascd theiu should have boon pro visions made for money aid for our Oregon brunch of that road; but the golden opportunity was lost and when, In coure of time, a laud grant wa secured for tho Oregon and California road, It did not oiler security for Its completion and we remain with a mountain region of about three hun dred miles burring us out from tho benellts of emigration. Kor the emi grant hesitates to make the disagreea ble voyage by sea to thu Columbia river. Tho North I'acllh: road prom l-ed u tho advantages we so much needed, hut the failure of that enterprise leaves us little to hope for from that source for many years to come. M'o cannot rciiMinnhly expect that in this day when every party pionounces against land subsidies any grant can bo secured for the Portland, Dallesand .Salt Lake road, oven though the necessity of the road is conceded by congressmen, and they recogi.lo Unit the laud has no prospective value unless such a road Is built. Congressmen are nearly all elected on anti-land grant platforms, and party consistency must be pre served whatever the coiiMMpiences to tho whole northwest region. What we need Is population tnulloril a marketforproductsand muuuOiclurcs and to open up Ileitis for enterprise. A region whieh could and should support millions, Is restricted to a sp.iroo popu lutiou)or oik' hundred thousand persons, and wo Import many articles in ordina ry u-e for the simple reason that there is not a demand to sustain steady man ufacture, and there Is no foreign mar ket to demand our exports, except for tho single article of liromlstuirs, and that demand is precailous and uncer tain. Then (he great problem for Oregon to solve is: llowcau we gel population'.' for population Is tho foundation of all prosperity. It strikes us that wo might to advantage pattern alter the example of Much States as Kansas and Texas, and while practicing the most rigid econo my in homogovoinnient.expond-oinc-thingto make (ho world aware of our advantage-', and in orgiiiii.iug ways and means to scciuo emigration. eles, Curran, Hngle, Grunt, Giugles IIIrM'li IIOUgklllH, JullllKOM, l.lllDHH MHrlin, On- I'lltM AM) CONSISTENT. s'eln, Powers, Pulton, llilov, Stephens, Sot', ' y0 rm,vt. w(, pleasure the com slinpsnn, lloriiburj, Wright, Wo-t, ttitsh-i . ,, , ' , , . ,,.,., '.urn, win to, Mr speaker, i mtmlcalloii of John Mlnto, ilecllning the ,W. Messrs. Allen. Itrln. ltbtkel.V, Hut ItKiik, ( raw lord, rrnoks, HirM, I) nlng Harrison, l,n I) n. Matlock, Mason, bliolton vVulker Wiililmi Willnng ile.v. On the p,iiairo of the same bill In the Senate the vole stood. Ayix. Messrs. Il.ilillti, Urn n, of Iiikr, IMpI- Hannah, Mnnp.e, Mms, l'atti rs Powell, Stratum, Watson, Wtilw'.ur, Mr. I'rcl dein Swji Miis Ilrlsliin, IS,wn of Marlon. I n Mil", I'owhs, Cra 'onl, t'r ill. Il-Milt, nail .M lori-s TEMI'EKAXt'K. So much bus been wiltten concern ing the evIN nf Intemperance that li seems iisele-s to r die the argument which have become -o trite as to he hackneyed. Hut (lie Irutli remain sun challenged and past doubt, that the death-harvest is swelled by these vie thus of appetite, and not only so, but crime would scarcely eist, at least not in its pre-eut dimensions, weie it not for tlio Impulse which intemperance gives to the passions, and tho encour agement It holds out to vice. At tlio present time wehearcoiistant ly of (ho women's crusidu against the saloon", and of the wonderful work per formed elsewhere in the abolition of the liipior tralllu and tlio reformation of confirmed inebriates. All this, too, as tho result of woman's prayers to (Sod and entieatics to her brother man. It may be that thh wonderful cruside will bo ephemeral In Its inlliieticesaud not succeed in rescuing the soul of man from the grasp of the inlldel; but we ire not of thoso who look upon such ef forts with liidllfeience, much less with contempt. It may bo that the saloons will again rNe and MourNi in Iv.tstcru cities where they have closed; it may lie that the praying baud will not pre vail hi their cllorts to convince mill dis arm tlio llijuor de ilors of Portland; hut the women of ourday are teaching men their duty, ami preparing the way for In the most respectful manner, nomination tendered him a few days since by the Marion County Republican Convention. We appreciate, with him, tho fact that a large portion of that Con vention were in some sort of sympathy with the li. dependent movement, and sought to pacify thu popular demand for reform by naming as their candid ates .stiuh pcr-ntis knowfi to be of Inde pendent -entiment and in sympathy with the independent movement; but reforms are always ultra, and no half way measures or half-way men can ac complish them. Right knows no com-pronil-e, and as Mr. Mlnto declines to be an apologist for tho corrupting influ ences of his old piny, we cannot sue that consistency could be otherwise sustained than by re-motfully declining to accept the Republican nomination. Ho has staled his case s0 well that we refer our re.ider- to his communication without further comment than this: "Consistency is a Jewel" which we be lieve the straight Republicans of Marl on county will recognize and duly ap preciate. THE SU.EM "STATESMAN." The Temperance Moicmcnt. "Hundreds of drinking saloons have been closed, so tho temperance erusulers say, since tlio beginning of the woman's war on this Venders of strong drink " Portland paper. Tho movement still continues to In crease in volume ami force, spreading like wllilllru fiom State to State and from city to city, shaking the dominions of the old tyrant King Alcohol to Its cen ter, causing tho very foundations to groan anil cieak. Hundreds of his cour tiers are deserting his cause anil Joining the right. Thu track Is now falily laid, anil the temperance car must and will move triumphantly throiighoat the length and bicmlth of our laud, propell ed, not as our railroad car-, by thu iron hoisu, fed by thou powerful antagonistic elements, lire and water, hut by a moie powerful clement, the power of prayer, Tho Ihdlitin Informs Its readers that "it was generally understood thatCapt. C. I'. Crandall tookchargoof the Salem S i'atixm a N yesterday." Similar rumors have been circulated in tills elty for some days past, and our replyls simply this :that we expect to make Salem a Dally newspaper for twenty-five years to come, mora or less; that wo are not using a typo of the old Statixman material in die reading we oiler our subscribers; and that we have permanent lease of tho premises wo oc cupy. All things considered, It might bo reasonable for tho JinUctin to attend to Its own business, which we under stand demands all the mental and Ilium elllclent legislation which shall restrain Mai resources of the persons Interested ...... - ... ' II. ....!.. l.. .11 it. ...11 .. . mo ir.iinc en lar as possible ami Hold II- Tliitl.Mi P l!K( lilt IIS. Mr IMIIor: Sniiin uf mv nolglilsnw who mo going "II in Urn I im1-iiIi-iiI innv o would llko (n hum you publish Uui untile of tlin immibotH nl Kin hist Legislature Unit voted lor Hi. i Lock Mill, mill iil-.ii lui- din clerk mul .Nherllls'loo.Nw hullo, mill .In, Igessalurv lllll. Sllllld (if lllllMIMtmil ll.llllUMllll, iilllliif'ia.i... u oil llin tli-li tNiif IniiIi IIiii iilil iiitilns, mul wit iloo t wiinliinyolll i tm llitt I titI(xMiiIttilM. i -' nu s i iimvii im--ii iiiun iii li-iitu, wo are nil III luiiirof n-onnmv,nud H-ioriii. Youis. lor Uui right. Vniiat. The vote in the Mouse on pa II. It. 77. Commonly known as the "Locks mil," vas taken Oct, I", Is":.', with the following n-stilt : ipior sellers to a legal iiicounlabilily for their trallle ami its eoiiseipieuces. Calllornla has passed a law which gives localities tho option to volo for or against licensing (lie liipior trade In their midst, and abo holds thellipior seller to a per-onal responsibility If he sells to Inebriates This Is something gained in the right direction. Wo can not expect the world to leach perfec tion at a single bound. The world must bo educated to think right before II can Is expected to do rigid, and temper ance has all the list of human passions and appetite- to i ouiuer before il mis sion Is done. Here in Oregon we niut contend for lesirlctlon of the Iralllc, and tlie people's movement must not hesitate to piouoimco In favor of tem perate mi ii and a local option law. Since w ciime tlrsl to S.ilepi, unburn babes bavo bci-onic men and women, mid looking back oyer more than u score of years, wo have .seen one after another, In many Instances gifted and generous lieai led men, swell the long procession of victims of intemperance, ami (he light which should Irnvo shorn hiightly lo-da.v has cone out in sorrow- and in darkness, mid only a legacy of silliness anil olten ol shame, remains to those who loved them. Is there no remedy'.1 KM 01 It HUM.-. We confess ton feeling of siijuk-e at age ol ,,u 'eni in -siuess who which uie people ol Oregon respond to tlie populanIeire for Immunity from the political rule ami partisan predjiidlce. Theie Is a .ii-i-.Mi.ssik. AnilrnwN, iiiuUh, Cniit-i, in op seated determination in tlio hiii-n, I'liiMirH, l(iliivlMiiliiiii,Miiiil.siiiiiiin, maiuls nil possible economy and need IouS?Mr.J5iLiI?. W,,",, W"l,l"", w,-f rrtiriii. mitl will not be satUiled to aki -Mi-ssm. Allen, IIiIkn, lUrln, HiinIi- I" l I'lioessioiiai poiiuciails liolil llielr iy, IIiiiIiiiiiUh. 1'i.iuioril, ii.Iin, iluki, way as herelofore. Mauv sav thev will UIiIiIIi,Mi.iIii.iimiii, Wnlki-r, Wiisliliiira.ioiii Wliltn. paities, but the party grasp is weaken ing on all, and has entirely lost its hold on many, and the result is that a peo ple's movement, entirely independent of old party tie., ha.s come into exis teuce and it lias no sponsor, no agent, ami only exists because the people elierlsii it. Wo are assured by many who do not yet give in their adhesion to the miii, 1'imnii Toii.n, WiUm uui Mr. SM.tVtr. movement that It commands their en- t:rJlKJ;l?Xr w"ttr?' IVrm,,,,," "l 'MH-fl, mul we believe it is en.i.l- The same hill passed the House Oct. ''" ,0 ,lu' n'")wi "' "very honest man. Senate Hill IS-Relstlngtotlietraxel-iug and Incidental expenses and the compensation of the Justices of the Supreme and Circuit Courts therefor, Jiasseil tlie Senate Sept. l':M, by tlie fol lowing vote : .l,V-. Mus-ih. IUIiIuIii, llnmn of llik.r, JliOMiior.Miirliiii,('iiiiiril, li.ii, IUiiiuIi, ' JmiiiiiIIIiiKi MiHinm, Momvi-, MyniH, I'mtur- 111, by following vote, l.v MiwsiH. Aiiilniwn, Hint i'Iiim mil' I If the re.stdt shall bo in County am li.. i.. '" iMMiMHuoiMi in ttnm l illlll- iih1NiiHii.,ivrorii;ivrii;iiiiiV; ,,,,1l,1",ll41,i;u,, ,r l"rtlsanshlp the re- .(.'uiiitli. Cmili-k. I'lirnm i. ..i )......' Milt x III bo victory, hut the la lure to . . r---i . ."1 " i --....-.., -. "("lilt . . .-..-" miim-ii, iiimimiih, JuIiiimhi, l.s mm, Mm. iii'servo repivt by the e.xeri'Iseof di look, Mmmhi, uiisinin, l'liiiun, Hili-.i, iti.i,ii., Interi-sieil judgement and wisdom in '." T." " r.,.'."',M',J.' ' 'i"r.x . r ik in, sucii actions will result in failur e. ",-M:,A,?,r..:,r-...(,k,..v, Wo Mi" " fi. li-ltvliit llitiolloinK olllit-iN for tlin pri'M-iit 11. II. 11!!. 'I'll Mini. ml I.-hilimI I ...... ' ll'llll: lsrtlll' I'lllUKi-r. M Itnli.irl Irv In .11 . uinivrnlng fees of otueers, ,! in u&, the House October 1.1th, by following v-' J,l'ii Wii.uriii.in, n.; Mrs. Ana ilrltiblo, Vote: lTi 'M,' I'lrnllm. UltU-lil. 1.. A. is; MImi ., ., , , fanili Cribble, C j Miss Aini-mllii, V ; MUs Coiwlu, lolling Oni-ir, flow, CciikIi, C'a- ') iiiimUn.. therein. We distinctly assure our na Irons that they will llnd us making a Dally paper hero ever so long after tlie ftulMui in the whole Custom House ring are politically dead wo don't say forgotten, hecaii'O they have an un wholesome notoriety which tlio world should not soon forget. Douglas Count) ('iirrcsioiiilcnrc. .Mil. I.'niiou: The I'lttliideirtrr Is in iloiibt us to H'lmt John Hiirnctt it Is who has iiiiuouiutiI himself as an independ ent caudiilate for Judge of tlie Second Ju dical Dlslilct, and assures Its lenders that it cannot be Hon. John lltiiuctt of Cor vullls When that paper discovers who that inili-pcuili'iil canillilate Is, will it In form us what Moshi-rlt was who received tlie nomination at Albany not long Mm.-e for Judge of the fame district '.' Douglas county lias M-veral Moshi-is, and our pen pleaie deeply Interested tolmvcacotupc teiil, iiiipiu tldl, mul upright Judge, who-p oilli-ial iiTonl will mark him a man of honor, ili-voli-il tojiistk-e, and not u politi cian ami mere tiickster. We aie conll dent this cannot be I,. !'. Moshi-r of Roscbuii;, as no convention would have the hanllbood to lake such a stop back into (he past in dcfeii-uce to political iiieiit-rv anil sharp practice as to nomin ate I.. l- Moshcrol l!oi'biir", too well known hcieas the man who .ouglit and pi'oriiii-u his own uoiuiuatloii as ,-sinator fiom this i-ountv llioli'-li tin- t'mmlv Central Committee, alter iuihiciui; th'e ceiiM-utloii wllich met pii-ioiisy to maiM' no uomiiiaiioii on pica inat tucre was doubt if DoiikIm.-. had a light to a Senator .separate fiom Coos and Cuiry. Was not that a mark of a r-kllli-il politi cian'.' When the leiin for which lie was elected had i-Nplii-il, Am I.. I-', Moshi-r, like (iov. Itullockof iii-oiKia,ili'lciinlncil to hold over. He placed the Democracy of Douglas, Coos, and Curry In a fale position in ls"J by lefusiug to rellnipiisli his claim to the s-cualnishlp, to w-hlch lie hud no shadow of right. As State (senator in IsT- be lose anil rcipicstoil his iiaiiieaililt-d to the list as Senator fiom Douglas when the committee on cieilcu tials had no knowledge of him. In IsTO he voted on all occasions to Increase the calm lc of Judges of the Supionie Court fiom $'MKH) to $:;aHH pcraiimuu, uot wltlMtanillng Art. lit. Sec. 1. of the State constitution, which piovldi-s the salarv flmll be Si',000, without nenpilsltes. We want to know II Hie .Mo-licr wlio rccclied the Albany nomination forjudge of the Second Judical Dlstilct is the same man w hose record has been above alliuk-il to. Will the IHulmhalir explain'.' Youts Tui'iA. l.iru i.i.'s I.ivimi Aon Tlio iiiiinliorH of 7'Ai- Iavhh Age forllm "wks cinlln March II mul 'Jt liHin tlie folliiMiiiK iiot(iorliiy eonti-iits: lli-ury llion-Hii, tlio PiH-t-NHtn ni that (Sod-given sphit. that cuts like a two-edged sword, which, coming fiom the ileal t, readies thu heart, causing the vile llend to loosen his urayn and yield tlie citadel to the healing influence of player, wnicn at once neiii, pmiiics, ami ennobles, thus elevation the poor victim, eiiiioiing mm 10 sou iiom a iiigner sttiiiu point tho giuat contrast between right and wiong, and, with a brain cleaied from the tunics of the inebriating bowl, to mark the route, ntatlons, and terminus of the two contending lines, Temperance ami Folly. One leads to health, wealth, and happiness, while tlie other (Sod alone can tell to what awful depths of misery ami iiegraiiatiuu it mis suiik poor humanity! 'Ibousnuds of our fair sous ami daugbteis, whciu aie they'.' We hear of llielr sccuriii).' scats In Folly's car for a short pleasure ride, to the next station only to the next station" We don't Intend going farther than the next station "(which is the social glass.j Dear, Inexperienced youth, this is a dan gerous step. To many as strong, as fear less as yourself, It lias proved a latal ilde. Hoys, dear young men, let me entreat you as a sister, to shun tills giuat evil. Look around you and mail; the bliulited hopes, ruined piospects, desertid homes, neglected chlldien, brokeu-licai ted wives, parents whose heads are bowed with shame and sorrow; and then i evolve that you too will Join in the tcmpciaiicc cause, and tlnow the strength of your manhood against tlie wrong, lirotbers and slsteis, as in union tlieie Is stieiigth, let us unite in the gland cause. (Sod can hear prayer in Oregon as well as in the Kast; and wherever the evil has pene trated let the war bu waged; let usi-ccom! tlie elliirts of those noble champions of tcmpciaiicc, those praying women of Ohio and other States, whose cllorts have pioved Unit piayer can and will succeed where legislation lias failed. Man's aim Is too abort, his strength too weak. Tlie power of tSod will triumph. Mlis. C. M. Kllticwooii. TO MIIOJI IT 31.1 V CONCEHN. Tliu County Convention of tlio regular lto publicans, hold m Saloin March S!sih, Is7l, ultimately UiiowIimIk'I or con-enl iionilna lod inu us ii candidate for u sent In tlio next I.i-gislattire, Willi a knowledge on ilio part ol ninny of ItH iiii'IiiIicth thai I iwni In earnest syiiipntliy ulili lliy Iiidejondi-iit iiiiiM-inenl lor ii new parly. I was at u loss to Kiiom how Inciiiislruotlio action of tluiC'oiiNontloii, knowing, as I did, llmt I had tinny most highly valued perHon at frlniiilsiinioiigiit Its iiioinbors, iind on ln ipdrlng ainoiigst theni, bavo niched re peated assiininco that tlio notion or tlio Con vention was not Intended to sworvo mo from llitu'otirso I li.no chosen, as tho one I iloem best calculated to remedy tlio nbni.es that now iiruvau in mo uiaiiaguiiloilt ol iiiilillo nf- trtlrs. I bavo lit-ou asiired by Individual frleiiilstb.it they sniiorled mo becauso tlmy enddised my iudepeiidout eourso and coin- ciiitfii wan uui in Mowstliey liad lieardino ex press. TIii-mi assurances, w Idle, tlioy convev n great eoiuplhneiit to mo K'ronally, nail tliroiigli mo to tlio great number of good men wluinriildontilledwlth tlio Indepondent iiioieinent, by in this niaiuior Jiintliyliig It, make it particularly painful for mo to ilo-i-liiio tho nomination, ltat I rally uollevo In tlio Jiistieo of tlio general eoiuplalnt and eijuitlly general determination to resUt tlio longer domination of tlio cUsi of moil wlio luivo sui-ei cdod In fastening tlioiiiselieM to tlio two old partlos, and bavo weighed them dim u out of reach of tlio liojio and do peiidonco of men who bellovo in a political morality uH-rlor to that of Ilea llmlor, or even that or lien Ilolladay mid Senator Mit chell. 'I ho causes of dissatisfaction reach from Mass.ielnisettmoOrego!i,and tho power is now rising (as i uellon-), Iroin Us legltl inatii source tlironclioiit Hint i.imini.,..i that can mid will remove them cansiH. Of en ii ru ii niiiiiu no n groat pleasure to mo (were I running reran olllce) to recelvo tlio eniloreinent ol such u largo number of good representative men us nominated mo In that Contention: bat I c.innol, ibrllioMikoof that pleasure, put mysciriu tlio jHiwor or tlio fuw place and kiII liunteis who wore there, as I u-y hate been at too many conventions ol lliu peoplo of Oregon, touching the weret spring w loch hbniH-il the action ol Infinitely better men llian tiifinselves. I thlhk Itjinit to tlio lteiHilillcina wlio still )n,u. r. n. piirllicallun oniielr party, ns well as to my seir, llmt I i-hould thus decline, their ro ipiest, toenier Into a canvass ttbero tho al most ilrnt object of my attack would be (lie tlrnt plank ot their iilutforin; ror I certalnlv cannot eudorso much orthoaetlon or tho Xa tlonal Administration ror the past two years any more than I can or oar State Govern' ineut ror tho oast four. ti, w,.i...i. u.l nl I I... .1 -u i-0riiiiii9 ..,., U) iUn irt cuia meeiuig or the Inde IHnidentsiir South Salem will InUlcalo tc THE LAND OF DIAMONDS. D. D. Garrison, ol tho 1st U.S. Cavalry, sonds us tlio following description of tra el In Arizona: To a person who has always onjoyed tho comforts ot'u happy home, tho tale ol u wan derer Is alwajs interesting. Wiiilu t'je iuml. or sits in tho bright suii-iiiiio of prosptrlty, or bdoio tho crackling lUiuus ol agouuuui llreslde, ho can tratel In thought with pkas. tiro and with pain as he reads o! tho tM-enaiid occasional comtorts that tall to the lot ol tho traveler. In a olvllbed country tho f itlUta are greatlv diuiliiUhed hi comparison in a wild barren expanse, where mllta aim miles ot country bate to bo traveled over lor a cup ot water thai would sometimes bo considered an apology for the name. When the belll-h-uessot inciib1 heal Is is dr.'.uu trout the ilua. geoa of byociNy, and tlio mono Is "otery man tor huiiselt and Uod lor os till." IE ... .... t milllllXIOMl IVTlltlT Mill iil.ii. .. list, Hutu tjuiuttriu iViuir.- The French ..iViT ".".,...?,.. '"' V""s"" a lew or the '- "'t"h"M'!'-' ?!-1 s' z : i ,.:.!Vfsi01' r Minn, ny eeriiiiiiiiiii inner, pan II, .uae-. ;ilrt .i,,.,,,!,,, ',i " , " ", -"' J " causes mr ihiiiimS JniiiiiMi.- A Christmas in India, 'r,'.t? .Kl""!,' lntaiieouii rising ,',, .', .V. VH.-IH.V Tin. Aisiustle Traii-par- ?,! .T i i ' Ml.,,!,',.' " aml '1 hive enev and lleaeiiyoltlio Aluiosiiliern. ,iiu,v- I T.:w ul J vorlaliily cannot place myself Vtlolit C.i ist Traced v. Aunt ltutt H.l. ' "'" w'v "' " ud freo dlseiiHslon ol John Minto. lections nl Visits to Ashlstlel mid Alil-olsford. IVmjitt Itur: Wliikleiuaiin, (jutiittilv lit i int.. Three days in S.irk, by William' For stlh, hiiMiJ, .WiiiM.-iiir; Tim I'lillosoplier's ltiby, iVni-XiriHx .V.iod.-im.' libulstoue's Ministry, t'eaunnuot Mr. (iladstouo as a I'onv, .sjHi-fiiftiit The Tito Serauskv, a lugo or (tllsslau Olllcl.ll Lite, ltltiel ikVx'a Uirtfu.-oir.-hiiiI lurtM II nml 111 of the Mnrv Interesting than bis anl.-l n nm, i.. .!i "!?;: n!'"!!: ;!- tTriX " !-.-- a riiiiiifstiM'i in'v Nr j HII H.uu-i:its Maoaisu for April baaborenty olght eugra tings, most of which are tine Illustrations. The opening paper Is by Xord hotr, on "TlioFarallone Islands" oil the entrance to San Francisco, ami Is much moro 1 ho writer'ntrat els bate been limited: hn can boast no sights ol uidgnllicuiil ulllea or of ancient piles; no can relate no uaiidirms along the mo-emboutred banks ol tho Hlioie, nor has bo view id UioMlctil monitors ol past ages m the ltoino ot lo day, or trod '.vitb aw o over the balllulli Ids ol the true-bred warriors, nor through tho colioles cities where Greek uud Siartau ouco nourished. No, only Arizona comes within tho scope of our experience, a place fur wild uud giauil dcsolauou miniiialed, wo uro willing lu wa ger, in tho world, where nothing but nature In her reckless architecture eoiiunuiulHudml. ration: where lllo loses its charms uud death is enticing In tbo alius or chaste lute. Unco on tho steamer Newborn, the eye and heart say a sad good -by to the mart of the West, and the Invisible golden )iorlals elo-o on the exile like In al'aiicy dieaui, purchuu-o forever. Alter weary miles or ocean i..u passed over, n solitary bouse, sheltered by u rugged peak silent In chalky whiteness, manes ono reuieiiiuercivin.aiiuii once more, i this Is Capo han l.ticas. lit re the proprietor, ' In careless solitude, rules us "monarch or all ; i hosurveis." Nothing of Importance ultracls W tho nttouiiuii, except a strange llsh or fowl, until tbo steamship arrives at tho mouth of the ttio Colorada. This stream is narrow ami shallow, uud divides, respectively, In Its course, Calllornla Iroin Arizona, mid Califor nia from Mexico, The passengers are landed from the Nowlmrn and tuko passage on a llatboat to Arl.oua City. After u low days iho place ol destination Is urrlveilal, and Fort Viiina looks out Itoin Its elevated site us a dismantled but still pleasant place. Though It has till the facilities uud accommodations lor u lortress, it is uuuortny ol tho name. Arizona City Is quite a lively place lor the en- irinico into u long des-ert Journey, uud bko I'iicsou it is tho begbinliig and end of oh ! now weary, wearing uud beart-buruiug a travel. Now the bray of the impatient mulos startles you, and aroused to action the pil grim's Mall' Is given to yoa, j oar Mecca is I'iicsou. From ranch to ranch (a solitary adobe building "a libel oil tho iiame,") ou "drag your wounded length along," till tho great desert meets your burning uud blister ing leet. Hero is the "vu!o ol tears;" the moon, perchance, may mid, lo our inarch, which Is by night, solemn sjiletiilor to the brush mid shrubbery uud inotinialu ,oi that loom around liku the wierd ghostsot the departed, making the disiipjioluu d heart sink in bltloresl sorrow, not rousing It in delereu tial awe; and here It longs to cease to beat and give the great uud tigdaut helmsman, the soul, rest III Iho portol Identity. I'ass lug illinium the deep canyon Is liku groping inn labyiuth where all Iho horror ol' some Indescribable thing thrills olio's soul mid hero ttegisl holds her horrid and racking car nival. Could diamonds, ni,., a valoiqual to that deseilbed by Siubad, entlco iho iiuvuleroiico again to liratit Its terrors uud fitlgues on lout! never. Sleep, then, yo golden nuggets! bo it Useless biirdtli lo I lineal I h, it is lienor hid den tlieio In mountainous culler-, than it-nipt lliuutnricuor men llmt will lend them on to misery, perhaps to death. lUnoli ami ranch again, uud o arrive al Tucson, tlereisilie pleasenlest spot in Arizona. There Is some thing of a more rellned way ol living in it, suierIor to that iu other pans of tbo Territo ry; and tho American carries ou his bushieu hi mi easy going stj lo, aping iho listless rim tlno of tbo wireless Mexican. All Is slleut; no noise or tumult, and ihu making carl Is drawn along by the Idler; no causes of dis turbance to tho gentleman enjot lug his siesta. l.vorywhoro In this wild expanse or God's acres, wo lluil something to admire uud satis fy our curiosity. In every desolate spot has Uod rubied his gracious showers that they may bear fruits lor the land or undying flow ers. Tho Colum buses of Chilstiaulty pene trato ovory whore and call togother tho wan dering savugosto teach thorn tho ways or the Christian, and uso thelrelliirts to rearedltlces to tho Conqueror, on whoso trophlos thedust or ugos never congregates; whoso fatherly voice snoaks from within Its silent walls, "I am with you nlwoys, oven to the consumma tion or tho world." Ono or tho finest nionuinonts or those tillers or tho Lords Vineyard is to be found outside tho city or Tucson about nlno miles distant. The church ofSan Xatvell, built by tho early missionaries, nnd now under the last or tho tribe or tho I'opagoos, Is an odlflce that rar outvies In its own way some of our I wii ii luuiiuus. 1L is nunc nil nlfii'ntnil rrnnnil or tho adobe uud plasteroil with slato colored composition. The front Is grucod with niches in which rost the statues or different s lints, very tlno specimens of wood carving. As wo enter tho door-wny, tho beautiful froicoes still wearing undying colors charm us, hero Is reprosomed tho visitation of the shepherds nnd wlsemen of the Hist; then follows the ilisputttllou in tho Temple and the last mid most solemn hceue tho Crucifix ion. Tho main altar is a line plecoorrvlng ami wooden tracery, much to be admired for " tjiste and appropriateness. The lltiost scenes how over are stationed on tho left and right, tho beautiful nltar or the Itlessed irgln. and on thn ln tlm lirsiis statue of Christ laid out In doathly magnlB cense, when his huumiiltv slept for allttla Interval. Passing to the left we are led into dark catacombs where thn drll un mum- lulesottho "forefathers or tue huilet sleep." , """"""s " me oenry tne eager eye lanes ,w., in the surrounding scenery walled by ruoun- ,8b tain ranges where the scattered trees to , i. ii BrT)" I'n'nes to tho sky, the granu TelJo raises its plowshare pofut, tho wild droves of cattle scaru poring about luenvlabl ireedoiu, the green mtisqiilio bushes; tb stinted sage bush added together as graces ror the parched earth, make a pleasing pan orama. These scenes passed aud enjoyed we turn with weary satisfaction towards Camp Uilllto our destination. Douglas County Convention. Wo learn from a friend at Iloseburf that tho ltepublicans held their County (.onvention last week, nhout twenty ftvo delegates present, nnd that Col. Kelsay has tho votes of tho Douglas county delegates to tho State Conven tion for tlie position of District Judge Iho rings oflnitli parties talk of fusing lepeiui- penue ! in .it EmmemmS - iV &3x?&w ttxvmeMTaSBu mm 'tUMmmmmzmmmmm - iX .. ... ik-n.aiPu-.te